Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: C. W. Wright. 1979. The ammonites of the English Chalk Rock (Upper Turonian). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 31:281-332
Belongs to Lewesiceras according to W. J. Kennedy and A. S. Gale 2015
See also Wright 1979
Sister taxa: Lewesiceras jimboi, Lewesiceras mantelli, Lewesiceras peramplum, Lewesiceras pingue, Lewesiceras ubatense, Lewesiceras wiedmanni
Type specimen: BMNH C79509, a shell. Its type locality is Hill End Farm, Hitch Wood, which is in a Turonian offshore chalk in the Lewes Nodular Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 101.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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